The Dow Jones industrial average is down more than 200 points in early trading after weak corporate earnings reports.

Kansas Gas Services' request to increase rates by $32 million a year would include about $8 million in executive bonuses.

FedEx expects to ship 280 million packages between Thanksgiving and Christmas, up 13 percent from a year ago, thanks to consumers' growing fondness for shopping online.

A computer glitch had been putting holds on some accounts for most of the week.

Newsweek plans to end its print publication after 80 years and will shift to an online-only format starting in early 2013. Job cuts are expected.

Sprint is buying out the founder of Clearwire to gain majority control of the wireless network operator. The move follows the pledge by Japan's Softbank to infuse Sprint with cash by buying a majority stake in it.

Kansas-based Flint Hills Resources is buying an ethanol plant in southeast Nebraska.

About 10% of drivers are ticketed for a traffic violation, but there are ways to cut traffic ticket costs.

The owners of the Hay Feeders say the feed lot will close when the cattle are liquidated after Jan. 1.

More than 56 million Social Security recipients will find out Tuesday how much their monthly payments will go up next year.

The federal budget deficit has topped $1 trillion for a fourth straight year. But the deficit for the just-ended 2012 budget year is $207 billion less than last year.

Stock indexes are turning lower on Wall Street, putting the market on track for its worst week since early June.

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A weaker forecast of economic growth in Asia is sending stocks lower in early trading on Wall Street.

A Southern California refinery that suffered a power outage that helped send gas prices soaring is back online.

Stocks are rising in early trading on Wall Street after the government reported that the U.S. unemployment rate fell below 8 percent for the first time in almost four years.

The U.S. unemployment rate fell to 7.8 percent last month, dropping below 8 percent for the first time in nearly four years.

Bombardier made the final contract offer early Thursday morning.

Facebook has topped 1 billion users, but the past few months have not been easy.

Orders to U.S. factories fell in August, mostly because of a sharp drop in volatile aircraft orders. The decline offset an increase in orders that reflect corporate investment plans.

The number of Americans seeking unemployment benefits rose to a seasonally adjusted 367,000, a level consistent with only modest hiring.

Economic researchers at Wichita State University are forecasting a 1.8 percent employment growth in Kansas next year.

A private survey shows that U.S. businesses hired fewer workers in September than August, a sign that slow growth may be holding back hiring.

Stocks are mostly higher in early trading on Wall Street after a measure of private sector hiring came in better than analysts were expecting.

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